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Guidance in food packaging materials legislation
Publication date: May 4, 2022
Organisation: KIDV
Food packaging materials used in the European Union must comply with European food contact materials legislation. It differs per material whether material-specific legislation also applies in addition to general legislation.
In this document, the KIDV provides an overview of the applicable legislation in the European Union. This information can be used to map European legislation that applies to a specific material in three steps.
This document is part of a series of KIDV fact sheets on food safety, published in May 2022. For more information, see our dossier page on Food Safety